Kinsley S. Bingham

Kinsley Scott Bingham (16 December 1808-5 October 1861) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MI 3) from 4 March 1847 to 4 March 1851 (succeeding James B. Hunt and preceding James L. Conger), Governor of Michigan (R) from 3 January 1855 to 5 January 1859 (succeeding Andrew Parsons and preceding Moses Wisner), and a US Senator from 4 March 1859 to 5 October 1861 (succeeding Charles E. Stuart and preceding Jacob M. Howard).

Biography
Kinsley Scott Bingham was born in Camillus, Onondaga County, New York in 1808, and he moved with his Scottish immigrant wife to Green Oak Township, Michigan in 1833, where he became a lawyer. He served in the state legislature before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851, as Govenror from 1855 to 1859, and as a US Senator from 1859 to 1861. He died in office in 1861.